Blog Category: Federal Digital Strategy

Guest blog post by Lisa Wolfisch, chief of the Web and Social Media
Branch, Center for New Media and Promotions

It has been three months since the release of the Federal
Digital Strategy. At the Census Bureau, we were already undergoing a digital
transformation and have continued to align our efforts with the strategy. It is part of the overall
transformation effort at the Census Bureau, which now provides for Internet
responses to 60 different surveys.

At this three-month
anniversary, we are excited about our most recent innovations, which work
toward providing the public with access to our statistics “anywhere, anytime,
on any device,” a key goal of the Federal Digital Strategy.

As of today, real-time statistics about the U.S. economy are
available at your fingertips, straight from your iPhone, iPad, and Android
phone or tablet through our “America’s
Economy” mobile app. The app combines statistics from the Census Bureau,
Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau of Labor Statistics and includes 16 key
economic indicators. The app gives you the ability to view trends over the past
few years, add alerts to your calendars, and readily share the news on both
Facebook and Twitter